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woensdag 3 april 2013

Spring salads - lente salades (GF-DF-SF-V)

Nature is holding its breath.

It is too cold and too dry after the long winter for the new sprouts to grow; everywhere I walk in nature I see just tiny little starters of spring greens. Most of the cleansing herbs that grow around us are still in hiding; only a few nettles are starting to come up, the dandelion and the plantain only on some sunny spots, the birches show some buds, but no leaves yet.

We all long for spring!

From my window I see a family of rabbits, they have already 2 youngsters outside, they are really hungry, there isn’t any grass growing yet. I fear for their survival. The water birds are not nesting yet. Really, nature is on a hold. For weeks and weeks there is a strong north-eastern wind blowing, the winter migrating birds are staying in the south, they cannot cross the Pyrenees.

I feel the same. I am waiting for some juice to get flowing again. I feel restless, can’t sit behind my desk, concentrate well ( I cannot find the pictures of the grated salad below;-), I want to get out, to breathe in sun and new life. To get rid of the winter blues, I go out every day to walk, to get going, to keep my body supple. Besides my daily yoga this helps a lot, but now the time arrives that my body wants to get rid of all the heavy materials and expose to some natural warmth. My skin is dry and achy, my body wants to nourish from fresh food.

The other day I picked some, not much, just 2 handfuls of nettle tops and made this simple salad, with some Turkish rocket and mustard greens and a tangy dressing. Just to get the idea of spring.

Over mij

Since november 2007 celiac disease has been diagnosed with me and did I start with the gluten-free diet and lifestyle. I'm very interested in health and food issues. And besides, I Love Cooking. I think cooking is creating. I'm not content with the gluten free range of products in the shops in Holland, so I make most of the food myself. I think gluten free food must be healthy, real food, but above all very tasty. Also non-celiacs must (and they do!) enjoy my food.
I am 50 years old and I live, together with my son, in Rotterdam, Holland.***
Sinds november 2007 is bij mij coeliakie geconstateerd en ben ik begonnen met een glutenvrij dieet. Ik ben erg geïnteresseerd in gezondheid en voeding. Daarnaast ben ik gek op koken. Ik ben niet tevreden over het aanbod van glutenvrije artikelen in de winkels, dus maak ik vrijwel alles zelf. Glutenvrij eten moet lekker zijn, gezond en ook voor niet-coeliakers aantrekkelijk zijn.